Davey D speaks with author/journalist Mark Skillz about Hip-Hop pioneer Grandmaster Flowers (born Jonathon Cameron Flowers) was a DJ from Brooklyn, New York. One of the earliest DJs to mix records together in sequence, Flowers was one of the earliest pioneers of disco. Flowers was involved in the hip hop and funk scene and had a “formative influence” on hip hop DJs such as Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa in the mid-1970s. Although respected by those he influenced, Flowers himself never attained the heights of his successors. (https://hiphopandpolitics.com/tag/mark-skillz/)
In the second half of Hard Knock, Davey speaks with author/journalist Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Kalonji Jama Changa the founder of FTP MOVEMENT and the co-founder of Black Power Media discuss the life and legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur. Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a New Afrikan (Black) man whose primary work has been in the area of health. He is a doctor of acupuncture and was a co-founder and director of two institutions devoted to improving healthcare in the Black community. Shakur, who was rapper Tupac Shakur’s stepfather, died on July 7th surrounded by family in Los Angeles.
